Hog-trough.



J. H. BARNHRT.

.APPLI Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

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JAMES H. BARNHART, OE EGELAND, NORTH DAKOTA.

HOG-TROUGH.

Application tiled September To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. BARNHART,

a citizen of the United States, residing at of North Dakota, have invented a new and useful Hog-Trough, of which the following is specification.

The invention relates to improvements in hog troughs.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of hog troughs, and to provide a simple and inexpensive hog trough of great strength and durability,

designed for both the feeding and watering eifectually preventing hogs from getting into it and rooting out and wasting the grain or soiling or fouling the feed, whereby the trough is maintained in a clean condition and the stock economically fed.

The invention also has for its object to enable hogs to be conveniently fed, and to Speccatoii o Letters Patent.

i i i l prevent them from interfering with. the

placing of the material in it, and to provide means for uniformly distributing the feed to a plurality of separate compartments, and

adapted also to prevent the animals from interfering with one another.

lith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the. form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention ln the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hog trough, constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the saine. Eig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

The hog trough, which may be constructed any size and of any suitable material. comprises in its construction an oetagonal bottoni trough 1 and a conical spreader Q rising from the bottom of the trough and constituting the inner wall of the same, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

Serial N0. 452,727.

The trough surrounds the lower portion of the conical spreader and it may be of any a polygonal or other shape to accommodate Egeland, in the county of Towner ano State the desired number of animals. The trough is divided into separate compartments by horizontal braces 3 and long and short inl cliiied braces si and 5.

The horizontal braces extend from the outer wall of the trough f at the angles thereof to the conical spreader,

and the long and short inclined braces extend upward from the trough at the outer portions of the horizontal braces to an upper container G and an intermediate hopper 7.

@The baces completely separate the hogs of hogs and other animals, and capable or from one another and prevent one animal from interfering with another, and they also operate to prevent the hogs from getting into tne trough and wasting or spoiling the feed material. Y

The hopper, which is inverted conical shape, is supported by the short inclined braces 5, and it is provided at the bottom with an opening 8, located above the apex of the conical separator and adapted to be gclosed or partially closed by a horizontal cut-oit 9,slidable in suitable ways lOand interposed between the bottom of the hopper and the spreader. The hopper is spaced a short distance from the apex of the spreader and the ways are formed by opposite horizontal pieces, provided with grooves. The cut-oil' 9 is provided with a circular opening, which is adapted to be carried to and from the opening of the bottoni of the hopper by the sliding of the cut-off.

The container is supported by the long inclined braces 4 and by short inclined staudards 11, secured to and extending upwardly and inwardly from the hopper and fastened at their upper ends to the container at the lower end thereof. The container, which is preferably tapered from the top to the bottom, is circular in cross section, and it has a tapering bottom 12. provided with an opening 13, adapted to be closed or partially closed by a sliding cut-oil' 11, mounted in suitable ways 15, consisting of belts or pieces secured to the bottom of the container and having inwardly extending horizontal tianges 1G. Any other suitable means, however, inay be employed for slidably mounting the cutoit. The container is also equipped with a suitable cover 1T. hinged at one side at 18 and provided at a dianietrically opposite point with suitable fastening means 19, preferably consisting of a hasp or staple, but any other locking device may be einploved. The superimposed container or receptacle is designed for holding grain,

the desired quantities, and sivill or other feed material may be conveniently poured into the hopper. Also the trough is adapted to be used for Watering hogs, or other animals.

Having thus fully described my invention, v what I claini as new and desire to secure by A ing a polygonal trough, a conical spreader i rising troni the bottoni of the trough and l. A device ot' the class described coinconstituting the inner wall of the saine, an

Letters Patent, is:-

prising a bottoni trough, a conical spreader rising from the bottoni ot the trough and extending above the latter and constituting an inner ivall thereot, a hopper located above spaced freni theI hopper to expose the top of the saine, and long and short braces dividing the trough into separate conipartinents and extending froni the trough to the hopcont"x int-1' being carried by the trough.

0 fx device of the class described inclnfing a bottoni trough, a conical spr lader verse braces extending across the trough atintervals troni the outer ivall to the spreader g and dividing the said trough into separate. which may be delivered into the. hopper in i compartments, and long and short inclined braces extending from the transverse braces to the hopper and to the container and coni necting the saine with the trough, said hopg per and container.` being carried by the trough.

3. A device of the class described includinverted conical hopper located above and :spaced froni the trough, a container arranged above the hopper, standards inounted on the hopper and secured to the lower and spaced troni the spreader and open at end of the container, transverse braces exthe top, a container arranged above and i tending across the trough roni the outer wall thereof to the spreader, long and short braces' extending upward t'i'oin the trans- Y verse braces to the hopper and to the con tainer, and ineans for controlling the dis- )er and io the container, said hopper and charge ot' the niaterialfroni the container and troni the hopper.

hopper to expose the top thereof, short trans- In testimony, that I claiin the foregoing JAMES H. BARXHRT.

llvitnesses:

O. A. Dinnvs, Gro. F. lCLsiinnnr.

, as my oivn, l have hereto atlixed iny signate risingv :troin the bottoni of the trough and i ture in the presence ot tivo witnesses. extending above the latter and constituting 

